On 5 January 2015, Turkish Coast Guard intercepted a Bolivian flagged vessel in international waters off Tobruk, Libya. The vessel was varying 13 tons of cannabis. The seizure took place in international waters 55 nautical miles from Tobruk and 140 nautical miles from Create. The target M/V Joudi was intercepted by two Turkish Coast Guard... Continue Reading →
Yonca Onuk Shipyard is constructing a new batch of fast intervention boats for Qatari Naval Forces. The boat I have seen Q-21 resembles very much to the other MRTP-16 type of boats built by the same shipyard 3 years ago. During the Dimdex 2012 maritime defence exhibition in Qatar, it was announced that the Turkish... Continue Reading →
Today the Russian destroyer Smetlivy and the Turkish fishing boat Geçiciler Balıkçılık got dangerously close. The Russian warship had to fire warning shots to the unarmed Turkish fishing vessel to turn away. The incident happened 22 kilometers east of the Greek Island Lemnos in the Norther Aegean. Earlier today the crew of Russia's "Smetlivy" destroyer... Continue Reading →
The tensions between Turkey and Russia are still in an aggravated level after the shooting down of a Russian Su-24M fighter-bomber by a Turkish F-16C. As reported earlier, most of the tension remains on politic and economic front. Both sides are trying to keep their military reactions to a minimum. According to Montreux Convention any... Continue Reading →
Since 3 December 2015 the three ship strong NATO Standing Naval Group One is in Istanbul.Today I had the opportunity to go near to the ships and take some more photos.
On 3 December 2015 Standing NATO Maritime Group One, consisting of the flag-ship F-334 NRP Francisco de Almeida, F-103 ESPS Blaz de Lezo and FFG-338 HMCS Winnipeg arrived for a port visit in Istanbul. The duration of this port visit was not announced. It is also not clear whether this visit was planed before the shooting... Continue Reading →
In the morning hours on 4 October 2015 Istanbul welcomed a very rare visitor: the Indian Navy vessel INS Trikand. Despite being a large navy, Indian warships very seldom visit Istanbul. The Talwar (Project 1135.6) class frigate INS Trikand arrived in Istanbul for a 3 day port visit. The youngest ship of this class, INS... Continue Reading →
The Russian presence in Syria is growing so is the frequency of Russian warships carrying equipment and supplies to the region has increased too. On 7 September 2015, the Alligator class landing ship Saratov sister of Nikolay Filchenkov made her southbound passage to the Mediterranean. Like the much discussed passage of Nikolay Filchenkov, the deck... Continue Reading →
With the increased Russian presence on the ground in Syria the frequency of Russian warships carrying equipment and supplies to the region has increased too. We have witnesses southbound passages of 3 Russian landing ships: one Alligator and two Ropucha during the last week. The training ship Smoly also left the Black Sea region and... Continue Reading →
On 30 August 2015 the tug Shaktar and the corvette Samum returned from their Mediterranean deployment while the Baltic Fleet tug SB-921 Paradox exited from the Black Sea. She towed the corvette R-32 to the Black Sea 11 days ago. On 28 August 2015, US Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook made her second Black Sea... Continue Reading →
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